Bird name:

Garganey

Anas querquedulaOrder: ANSERIFORMES Family: Geese and Ducks (Anatidae)

Codes: Common Name: GARG Scientific Name: ANAQUE ITIS Taxonomic No.: 175093

Garganey female - The female Garganey has a dark brown crown, buff eyebrow and dark brown eye line. There is a white spot at the base of the bill bordered by a second dark line. The body is mottled brown overall. The bill, legs, and feet are dark gray.

Garganey - The breeding male Garganey has black-streaked, gray upperparts, chestnut-brown mottled face and breast and pale gray flanks. The white stripe above eye and running down neck is distinct. Wings have pale blue shoulder patches and dark green speculum with white borders visible in flight.

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Garganey

Garganey: Small dabbling duck with black-streaked, gray upperparts, chestnut-brown mottled face and breast, pale gray flanks. White stripe above eye, running down neck is highly visible. Wings have pale blue shoulder patches and dark green speculum with white borders visible in flight.

● Song: No data available.

● Foraging & Feeding: Garganey: Feeds on aquatic plants, insects, crustaceans, and mollusks; forages by dabbling in shallow water.

● Breeding & nesting: Garganey: Seven to twelve creamy yellow to light olive eggs are laid in a ground nest made of grass and plant materials, lined with down, and hidden in tall grass or under a shrub. Incubation ranges from 21 to 23 days and is carried out by the female.

● Similar species: Garganey: Blue-winged teal lacks thick, white eyebrow, distinct white speculum borders, and has darker underparts.

Flight Pattern

Fast direct flight with rapid wing beats.

● Range & Habitat: Garganey: Native of Eurasia; breeds locally from Britain and France to central Europe, north to southern Sweden and more continuously from eastern Europe into Russia. Regular migrant in west and central Aleutians and other Alaskan islands. Preferred habitats include shallow freshwater lakes and marshes with abundant marginal vegetation.

^BreedingMonogamous

^PopulationCasual to accidential on northwest coast

^MigrationMigratory

^Weight11.5 Ounces

4 and 6 letter alpha codes

The four letter common name alpha code is is derived from the first two letters of the common first name and the first two letters of common last name. The six letter species name alpha code is derived from the first three letters of the scientific name (genus) and the first three letters of the scientific name (species). See (1) below for the rules used to create the codes..

Four-letter (for English common names) and six-letter (for scientific names) species alpha codes were developed by Pyle and DeSante (2003, North American Bird-Bander 28:64-79) to reflect A.O.U. taxonomy and nomenclature (A.O.U. 1998) as modified by Supplements 42 (Auk 117:847-858, 2000) and 43 (Auk 119:897-906, 2002). The list has been updated by Pyle and DeSante to reflect changes reported by the A.O.U from 2003 through 2006.

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Garganey

Garganey

Flight Pattern